Greek Braille (Κώδικας Μπράιγ Kôdikas Mpraig ) is the braille alphabet of the Greek language. It is based on international braille conventions, generally corresponding to Latin transliteration.
Character | Braille | Braille dots |
---|---|---|
α | ⠁ | 1 |
β | ⠃ | 12 |
γ | ⠛ | 1245 |
δ | ⠙ | 145 |
ε | ⠑ | 15 |
ζ | ⠵ | 1356 |
η | ⠜ | 345 |
θ | ⠹ | 1456 |
ι | ⠊ | 24 |
κ | ⠅ | 13 |
λ | ⠇ | 123 |
μ | ⠍ | 134 |
ν | ⠝ | 1345 |
ξ | ⠭ | 1346 |
ο | ⠕ | 135 |
π | ⠏ | 1234 |
ρ | ⠗ | 1235 |
σ | ⠎ | 234 |
τ | ⠞ | 2345 |
υ | ⠽ | 13456 |
φ | ⠋ | 124 |
χ | ⠓ | 125 |
ψ | ⠯ | 12346 |
ω | ⠚ | 245 |
The accent mark (acute accent or tonos) comes before the vowel or diphthong, but after the capitalization sign: ⠐⠁ ά, ⠨⠐⠁ Ά, ⠐⠣ αί. It’s not used for diaeresis/dialytika; ϊ is just ⠊. | ||
ά | ⠐⠁ | 5 1 |
έ | ⠐⠑ | 5 15 |
ή | ⠐⠜ | 5 345 |
ί | ⠐⠊ | 5 24 |
ϊ | ⠊ | 24 |
ΐ | ⠐⠊ | 5 24 |
ό | ⠐⠕ | 5 135 |
ύ | ⠐⠽ | 5 13456 |
ϋ | ⠽ | 13456 |
ΰ | ⠐⠽ | 5 13456 |
ώ | ⠐⠚ | 5 245 |
αι | ⠣ | 126 |
ει | ⠩ | 146 |
οι | ⠪ | 246 |
υι | ⠻ | 12456 |
αυ | ⠡ | 16 |
ευ | ⠱ | 156 |
ηυ | ⠳ | 1256 |
ου | ⠥ | 136 |
1 | ⠼⠁ | 3456 1 |
2 | ⠼⠃ | 3456 12 |
3 | ⠼⠉ | 3456 14 |
4 | ⠼⠙ | 3456 145 |
5 | ⠼⠑ | 3456 15 |
6 | ⠼⠋ | 3456 124 |
7 | ⠼⠛ | 3456 1245 |
8 | ⠼⠓ | 3456 125 |
9 | ⠼⠊ | 3456 24 |
0 | ⠼⠚ | 3456 245 |
. | ⠲ | 256 |
, | ⠂ | 2 |
; Greek question mark | ⠢ | 26 |
? English question mark | ⠦ | 236 |
· Greek semicolon | ⠆ | 23 |
: | ⠒ | 25 |
́ accent | ⠐ | 5 |
(…) | ⠶…⠶ | 2356 2356 |
! | ⠖ | 235 |
– | ⠤ | 36 |
+ | ⠮ | 2346 |
/ | ⠌ | 34 |
% | ⠒⠏ | 25 1234 |
‰ | ⠒⠹ | 25 1456 |
caps indicator | ⠨ | 46 |
number indicator | ⠼ | 3456 |
References
- Kouroupetroglou & Phlôrias, “Ελληνικο συστημα Braille”, in Επιστμονικα συμβολα κατα Braille στον Ελληνικο χωρο
- World Braille Usage Third Edition
- http://www.brl.org/codes/session02/greek.html
- http://fte.org.gr/docs/Greek%20Braille%20Code.pdf
- http://access.uoa.gr/nemeth/NemethSources/Greek%20Braille%20System.pdf
Last date updated: January 2016